The Bears — and their former players — continued Friday to distance themselves from Hall of Fame linebacker Brian Urlacher’s social media posts. In the Instagram posts, he demeaned protesting NBA players’ protesting Jacob Blake’s shooting and liked an image calling for the release of Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old Antioch resident accused of killing two in Kenosha on Tuesday night.
The most powerful reaction came from former running back Matt Forte, who in a series of Tweets totaling more than 400 words, said he was praying for Urlacher.
“To be a public success and a private failure is no life to live,” Forte wrote.